Denominational Difference on Conversion

Excerpts from the Reform Movement's Guidelines for Working with Prospective Converts

Rabbi Uziel holds that as long as the judges first attempt to break off a projected marriage to a non-Jew, they are obligated to convert the non-Jew, even if the motivation is marriage.

If we are to develop a formula for conversion acceptable to all the Jewish movements, everyone will need to take a step toward the middle.

Differences between the movements grow out of more basic disagreements in philosophy and belief.